Housing minister Megan Woods will call for grant applications totalling about a quarter of the government's $3.8 billion infrastructure acceleration fund later this month.
Ministers have scaled back public sector carbon neutral plans, and schools won't have to report individual emissions.
Mercury to become bigger retailer offering a range of telco and energy products, while one-time retail innovator Trustpower is now charting a future almost exclusively as an electricity generator.
The Wellington regional council will continue to back CentrePort's expansion strategy despite a call from Napier Port claiming it could run the capital's container terminal more profitably.